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The electron bubble in superfluid helium has two degrees of freedom that may offer exceptionally low dissipation: the electron's spin and the bubble's motion. If these degrees of freedom can be read out and controlled with sufficient…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-06-18 Jinyong Ma , Y. S. S. Patil , Jiaxin Yu , Yiqi Wang , J. G. E. Harris

We present numerical evidence that Kelvin waves (KWs) on quantized vortices in superfluid helium can be directly observed in the normal fluid component at finite temperatures. Using the Fully cOUpled loCAl model of sUperfLuid Turbulence…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-04-14 Simone Scollo , Luca Galantucci , Giorgio Krstulovic

In this article, we review the research on the dynamics of quantized vortices in superfluid helium and rotating Bose-Einstein condensates. First, after briefly reviewing the earlier research and describing the current problems on quantized…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 Makoto Tsubota , Kenichi Kasamatsu , Tsunehiko Araki

We present a method for measuring the superfluid fraction of a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) without relying on external perturbations or imposed optical lattices. Our approach leverages the intrinsic rotation of vortex necklaces in one…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2026-01-13 Andrea Richaud , Pietro Massignan

Seeing macroscopic quantum states directly remains an elusive goal. Particles with boson symmetry can condense into such quantum fluids producing rich physical phenomena as well as proven potential for interferometric devices [1-10].…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-12-01 G. Tosi , G. Christmann , N. G. Berloff , P. Tsotsis , T. Gao , Z. Hatzopoulos , P. G. Savvidis , J. J. Baumberg

Vortical flows of rotating particles describe interactions ranging from molecular machines to atmospheric dynamics. Yet to date, direct observation of the hydrodynamic coupling between artificial micro-rotors has been restricted by the…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2023-08-02 Matan Yah Ben Zion , Alvin Modin , Paul M. Chaikin

Visualization of thermal counterflow in He II using PIV (particle image velocimetry) and PTV (particle tracking velocimetry) is difficult because tracer particle motion can be influenced by both the normal fluid and superfluid components of…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2018-06-27 Brian Mastracci , Wei Guo

Energy dissipation and pressure fluctuations are features inherent to turbulent fluid motion, and the internal origin of spatial and temporal temperature fluctuations. By measuring local velocity, pressure or temperature, it is possible to…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2014-05-23 R. Labbé , G. Bustamante

The dynamics of quantized vortices is studied in superfluid 3He-B after a rapid stop of rotation. We use Andreev reflection of thermal excitations to monitor vortex motion with quartz tuning fork oscillators in two different experimental…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2012-07-20 Jaakko Hosio , Vladimir Eltsov , Matti Krusius , Jere Mäkinen

Recent work has highlighted the remarkable properties of quantum turbulence in superfluid helium II, consisting of a disordered tangle of quantised vortex lines which interact with each other and reconnect when they collide. According to…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-11-04 Luca Galantucci , Giorgio Krstulovic , Carlo F Barenghi

A vortex in a superfluid gas inside an optical lattice can behave as a massive particle moving in a periodic potential and exhibiting quantum properties. In this Letter we discuss these properties and show that the excitation of vortex…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-09-27 P. Vignolo , R. Fazio , M. P. Tosi

The dynamics of fluid vesicles is studied under flow in microchannels, in which the width varies periodically along the channel. Three types of flow instabilities of prolate vesicles are found. For small quasi-spherical vesicles -- compared…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2010-02-15 Hiroshi Noguchi , Gerhard Gompper , Lothar Schmid , Achim Wixforth , Thomas Franke

Slow flow of a single fluid through a porous medium is well understood on a macroscopic level through Darcy's law, a linear relation between flow rate and a combination of pressure differences, viscosity, and gravitational forces. Two-phase…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2022-04-12 Joachim Falck Brodin , Marcel Moura , Renaud Toussaint , Knut Jorgen Maloy , Per Arne Rikvold

Impurity injection into superfluid helium is a simple yet unique method with diverse applications, including high-precision spectroscopy, quantum computing, nano/micro materialsynthesis, and flow visualisation. Quantised vortices are…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-05-09 Yosuke Minowa , Shota Aoyagi , Sosuke Inui , Tomo Nakagawa , Gamu Asaka , Makoto Tsubota , Masaaki Ashida

We present theory of two-dimensional turbulence excited by an external force in thin fluid films on scales larger than the film thickness. The principal feature of two-dimensional turbulence is the tendency of producing motions of larger…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-03-07 Igor V. Kolokolov , Vladimir V. Lebedev

The interaction of a shock wave with a spherical density inhomogeneity leads to the development of a vortex ring through the impulsive deposition of baroclinic vorticity. The present fluid dynamics videos display this phenomenon and were…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2009-10-19 N. Haehn , C. Weber , J. Oakley , M. Anderson , D. Rothamer , R. Bonazza

We study a horizontal streaming excited by means of a low frequency and intensity acoustic wave in 2D freely suspended film of thermotropic smectic liquid crystal. Acoustic pressure induces fast periodic transverse oscillations of the film,…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2017-02-01 S. V. Yablonskii , N. M. Kurbatov , V. M. Parfenyev

Embedded vortices in turbulent wall-bounded flow over a flat plate, generated by a passive rectangular vane-type vortex generator with variable angle $\beta$ to the incoming flow in a low-Reynolds number flow ($Re=2600$ based on the inlet…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-06-18 Clara M. Velte , Martin O. L. Hansen , Valery L. Okulov

A gel consists of a network of particles or molecules formed for example using the sol-gel process, by which a solution transforms into a porous solid. Particles or molecules in a gel are mainly organized on a scaffold that makes up a…

Vortices are pervasive in nature, representing the breakdown of laminar fluid flow and hence playing a key role in turbulence. The fluid rotation associated with a vortex can be parameterized by the circulation $\Gamma=\oint {\rm d}{\bf…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-05-13 N. G. Parker , B. Jackson , A. M. Martin , C. S. Adams